Axle-attaching device



(No Model.)

A. FONTAYNE.

AXLE ATTAGHING DEVICE. No. 293,960. Patented Feb. 19, 17884.

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NITED STATES TATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT FONTAYNE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, ISAAC PFLAUM, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOHN S. WILLIAMS, OF HYDE PARK,

ILLINOIS.

AXLE-ATTACHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,960, dated February 19, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT FONTAYNE, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Axle Boxes and Spindles, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside View with the axle broken off; Fig. 2, a cross-section on line w as of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section on line 3 y of Fig. 5; Fig. 4, a side view of the box detached; Fig. 5, an inner end view of the box; Fig. 6, a side or edge view of the packing-collar; Fig. 7, an inner or face view of the same.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction and operation of axle-boxes and their connection with or attachment to axle-spindles in such manner that the backing or other reverse movement of the vehicle or wheel will not have any tendency to unscrew or detach it; to prevent the dripping of oil or grease, and to improve the connec tion of the box with the spindle; and its nature consists in the devices and combinations of devices hereinafter set forth and claimed as new.

In the drawings, A indicates the axle; B, the spindle; G, the box; D, the locking and confining collar or coupling; E, packing-collar; a b, screw-threads; c, notches on the inner end of the collar 0; d, projections on the cap E, fitting the notches or openings 0,- e f, packings; g, flange or collar on the axle or spindle; h, shoulder on the spindle; i, fins or projections for attaching the hub to the box; j, hole for applying a spanner or other wrench; k, an inwardly-projecting flange on the coupling'D; Z, circumferential shoulder on the cap E. v

The axle A is made of iron or steel, and the portion next to the collar 9 is usually made cylindrical as far out as the cap E extends; but it may be made angular for the distance shown. At the base of the spindle it is provided with a collar or flange, g, and by pref- (No model.)

erence, also, with an enlargement forming the shoulder h, as shown. This enlargement, however, is not essential. Thespindle, as shown, is straight or cylindrical; but, if desired, it may be made slightly tapering or conical. The straight form shown, however, is preferred.

The box 0 is made of cast-iron, malleable cast-iron being preferred. Its inner end is enlarged, and provided on the exterior with the screw-thread a, and its face is grooved out so as to form a seat for the packing e. The cap E is also grooved out upon its inner face to form a seat for the packing f, and upon its exterior it is provided with a circumferential shoulder, Z, against which the inwardly-projecting flange of the coupling D bears when the parts are in position. The coupling D is plane upon its exterior, except that. it is provided with the hole j for the application of a rod or wrench. Its inner surface is provided with a screw-thread, b, at one end, and with the flange Z at the other. The packings e f are made of leather rawhide, or other suitable material which will hold oiland prevent rattling. The box 0 is not drilled or bored entirely through; but the hole is somewhat longer than the length of the spindle, so as to leave an oil-cavity, as shown in Fig. 3; and while this construction is preferred, I do not limit the use of my couplings to a box having this non-leaking construction.

In operation, the parts are placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, in which position the projections d are shown in the openings 0, and its connection causes the cap E to rotate with the box 0, and it is the only connection existing between them. The collar 9 is on the axle, against which the packing f bears and keeps the collar E in position, and this collar or cap in turn keeps the coupling D in position by means of its shoulder Z, against which the flange comes. The screw-thread of the coupling, in connection with the thread a of the box, holds the box in position and brings it up as snugly as desired, with its packings against the collar g. By this arrangement the collar or cap E rotates with the box, without straining the screwconnection a I), as the screw holds them together, while the projections d, fitting the notches c, compels their rotation together. The coupling D connects the collar E and the box together, and by this arrangement, whichever way the box is turned, all of the parts not attached tothe axle rotate with the box, and there is no tendency to unscrewthe coupling whichever direction the rotation of the box 0 takes, so that in backing any vehicle to which this box is attached, or the pulling and backing when horses are hitched, has no tendency to unfasten or detach the box from the axle or to let the wheel escape. Y

For oiling purposes, the coupling D may be held, and when held the wheel can be unscrewed and slipped off from the spindle, when a proper quantity of oil is placed in the opening, and then canbe screwed back in without difficulty, as the collar E will slip back until the notches c and projections (Z are in their proper position, when it may be drawn up either by rotating the wheel or the coupling D;

The box 0 may have one or more notches, 0, y

and the cap E a corresponding number of pro jections, (l.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the spindle B and collar g with the box 0, having one or more notches, c, the cap E, having one or more projections, d, and the screw-coupling D, having the flange It, all constructed and operating substantially as described.

ALBERT FONTAYNE.

Vitnesses:

B. A. PRIGE, L. L. BOND. 

